The new Palmerola International Airport

THE NEW PALMEROLA INITIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTó commercial operations and today we review its characterístatic, flights, aerolíneas y más details of the new terminal. Press photo Palmerola

Thought to be the replacement of the complex and historórich international airport of Toncontín The new terminal has started operationséarea in Palmerola, which has a new, extensive and secure infrastructure that seeks to position Honduras as a potential center of international connections.

Más allá to replace Toncontín, fact that aún has a wide rejection, Even by Pol actorsíTicos given the new distance and travel times to implyá move from the capital Tegucigalpa, has come to the ring to enhance the sightseeing and PA connectivityís centroamericano, aiming above all at flights to Europe.

The new Palmerola Airport

Opened on 15 October 2021, This property being the Hondure GovernmentñO, But under administrationón private Emco and Flughafen MüNchen GmbH, the new airport is located 83 kilómeters from the soon to close (or is it what is expected) Toncontín, which represents approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes of transfer.

Spaghettién is known as Comayagua International Airport, given your locationón geográfica.

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Infrastructure

Initially exceeding four times Toncont's abilityín, being able to host Más de 1.7 million annual passengers and 20 Airplanes in Simultáneo, the constructionón of this initial airportó the 5 from December to 2016 and it has 39.000 square meters of constructionón.

In its first phase, four boarding bridges were contemplated, get over yourselfún demand develops, Expansion is expectedón of 3.400 additional square meters, an additional bridge and an important extensionón of the commercial platform  Lo -loadingás de 12.700 square meter.

Despite its recent openingón, There is already talk of  medium -term plans to implyíto count even 13 Boarding doors in its capacity máxima.

Clue

• asphalt strip 2.441 meters long
• Elevationón 628 masl.

Palmerola will haveá el system Instrumental System (ILS) CategoryíA I in Cabecera 35 (On), DME, VOR and ADSB radar and generateá más de 2.000 direct jobs dynamizing the economyíto the país.

Flights and airídenies

Is projected for the first Añor of operations that at least 500 thousand passengers pass through this terminal with a growth rate between 6% and 8%, so the first step was taken 11 from December to 2021 when the flight 1334 from Spirit Airlines becameó In the first commercial flight to operate at this airport flying from Houston.

AdemáS spirit, These are other airlineíNEAS that confirmed their change of operations to the new terminal:

• Copa Airlines from 15 from December to 2021 – Panamá.
• Avianca from the 16 from December to 2021 – San Salvador and Guatemala City.
• American Airlines from the 16 from December to 2021 – Dallas and Miami.
• Aeroméxico since 18 of January of 2022 – City of México.
• Spirit – Houston, Miami y Fort Lauderdale (from the 11 of January of 2022).
• United from the 16 from December to 2021 – Houston.
• You will fly El Salvador – San Salvador.

Thanks to the new facilities, the increase in frequencies and destinations is gradually expected, what a dutyá to come from demand, so the 2022 to beá very moved for Honduras and its new airport.